Part of Oral Answers to Questions — International Development – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 11 February 2009.
Michael Foster
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development
11:30,
11 February 2009
I am not aware of the specific discussions that the hon. Gentleman refers to, but there is an $11 million programme to incentivise farmers to move from poppy to wheat growing. DFID has supported it with some $8 million, and the United States Agency for International Development, the development body of the US Government, has contributed the remaining $3 million.
